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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vampersan" data-source="post: 8470065" data-attributes="member: 7032622">I think I understand what you're saying, as I've been looking at the follower to square footage ratio myself. I agree that the number of staff granted at each quality level feels a bit off, but luckily I think simply multiplying the square footage by a factor of 2 largely fixes the feeling of being overcrowded.So, it would look like this instead:Frugal = 1 staff per 2,000sqft. (Formerly 1,000)Average = 1 staff per 1,000sqft. (Formerly 500)Luxurious = 1 staff per 200sqft. (Formerly 100)Legendary = 1 staff per 200sqft (Formerly 100)Thus with a 2,500sqft stronghold (the average size of a home in the U.S.), the number of staff at each quality level would be:Frugal: 1Average: 2Luxurious: 12Legendary: 12If there's a garrison, then you also get:Frugal: 0 soldiersAverage: 1 soldierLuxurious: 6 soldiersLegendary: 6 soldiersWhich feels about right, at least for my preferences. One servant definitely feels frugal, and two feels like a good amount for an average stronghold of that size (and possibly a live-in "bodyguard" with the garrison option). Getting up to luxurious and legendary nets you 12 staff, and possibly a small security team with a garrison, for a total of 18 people living in or around your stronghold.That works out to about one person per 138sqft at the luxurious and legendary tiers (including yourself), which is about a bedroom area for each person. While that may sound a little bit crowded still, I believe it's more comfortable and believable than one person per 65sqft feet (about the size of a guest bathroom) offered by the rules as they are currently written.You by no means have to make this change, and you may find a different multiplication factor (maybe x3?) suits your game better. I just wanted to offer a tweak that seemed reasonable to me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />At any rate, I think we all have tremendous respect for the designers and the time they put in to crafting a stronghold system in the first place. I also think it's good that we as a forum of fans are analyzing the system and offering good-faith critique. Even if the official rules do not change, we can still adapt them to our own liking with what seems like very minor adjustments.</blockquote>

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